Services
- Individual
About My Clients
I have years of experience working with people suffering from anxiety or depression, struggling in relationships, feeling a low sense of self-worth, or grappling with the effects of trauma. My work centers on helping people expand their understanding of their inner world and the impact it has on themselves and their relationships. In addition to these areas of work, I have a special focus on chronic illness, which is its own emotional landscape.
My Background and Approach
I want to help you understand why you feel what you feel and how these emotional patterns operate behind the scenes. When you can see yourself more clearly, change not only becomes possible but far less overwhelming. The primary modalities I use are psychodynamic psychotherapy and EMDR therapy. Psychodynamic therapy goes deeper into your past experiences, and we explore how those experiences have and continue to shape your feelings, behaviors, and relationships today. It also brings a relational layer, which is the idea that healing doesn’t just come from talking about relationships, but from the actual relationship that develops between you and your therapist. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a more structured, body-based approach that helps you reprocess traumatic memories in order to resolve their emotional charge, so that they no longer feel overwhelming or like they control you. I am comfortable using one or both of these modalities as needed.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
My approach is warm and flexible, and in this space you are accepted for exactly who you are. Sessions are unstructured and shaped by what feels most important in the moment, whether it's a current struggle or something rooted in your past. We will also attend not only to events in your life but also to what unfolds in the relationship between you and me, revealing relational feelings and patterns as they come up in real time. We'll go at your pace and explore what's getting in the way so you can move forward with more clarity, connection, and a stronger sense of who you are. For more information, feel free to visit my website at bellakirschenbaum.com.